A Catastrophe at a Dance
As Mr. Adolphus Purkor drow on his boots one evening, after tugging violently at the straps, and growing cardinal-red in the face, he remarked:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Pictures, dances & concerts
Pictures, dances & concerts, 1880
5 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
Strange Doings at Ketten's Concert
SATURDAY evening closed the season of the great pianiste in the Masonic Hall, Sydney. There was some grand music and something like a great row to commemorate the close of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Total Destruction by Fire of the Victoria Theatre. Sydney
Last night, just after the performance of "The Emigrant" and "Josh, the Yankee," at the Victoria Theatre had concluded, the alarm of fire rang through the city, and ere the firemen of the various brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Amateur Concert. (By a Lady Visitor.)
So at last the much talked of musical treat in aid of St. Mary's Organ Fund is over, and I must say, comparing the anticipations with the result, one cannot but regret it was not more successful in a financial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bachelors' Ball at Copmanhurst. a Correction. to the Editor of the Clarence Examiner
SIR,—In the Observer of the 4th instant appears a production of such a foolish nature as I think callls for some comment. Fair and decent criticism is always wholesome; but the individual, whoever he may be,…
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